Sentence examples for accepted in the first instance from inspiring English sources

As filter criteria for Sequest we accepted in the first instance only positive peptide hits with a minimum cross-correlation factor of 2.5, a CN value of 0.25, and a preliminary ranking of one.

Not all patches are accepted in the first attempt, though.

Seven residents were accepted in the first residency class.

That is a good result, when one thinks that the Council did not wish to accept a single amendment in the first instance.

In 2002, the Met said officers should "accept allegations made by the victim in the first instance as being truthful".

In the first instance it is accepted that the consumer, of his own volition, has a need that is filled by the description of the advertised product (but not necessarily by the product itself), whereas in the second the need is artificial and is stimulated entirely by the media.

The only issue was whether it could persuade executives at Xstrata in the first instance, and its shareholders subsequently, to accept such a merger.

In the first instance, I'd have health care reform.

Such managers will in the first instance be concerned to preserve their jobs and more likely to accept deals that may not be in the best interest of the shareholders.

From the Ministry of Finance, in the first instance.

In the first instance, inventories increase.